Since 2009 the number of companies getting funded to develop new wearable tech-enabled hardware has grown dramatically, according to our data. Technology investors have spent over half a billion dollars in equity and debt on wearable tech startups since the sector began piquing investors’ interest in 2009.

Big investors in the sector include Khosla Ventures and the Foundry Group, but the undisputed king of wearable investment is True Ventures, which has backed six companies in the nascent sector since 2009, according to CrunchBase data.

Of the companies in the market, the ones that seem to have attracted the most attention from investors are Oculus VR, Fitbit, Jawbone. The question is, who’s next?

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OverviewFitbit inspires people to exercise more, eat better and live
healthier lifestyles.
The company is developing an ultra-compact wireless wearable sensor, called the Fitbit Tracker, that automatically tracks data about a person's activities, such as calories burned, sleep quality, steps and distance.
The Fitbit Tracker collects activity data automatically while it is
worn by the user all day. The …

OverviewFor more than a decade, Jawbone has developed products and services for the mobile lifestyle unparalleled in their innovation, ease-of-use and sophistication of design.
The company is the creator of the award-winning and best-selling premium ICON Bluetooth headset; the inventor of NoiseAssassin® technology, the world's first and only military-grade noise eliminating technology; JAMBOX, the first …